** Petroplus Holdings AG PPHN.VX said it has reached a $2
billion deal with private equity firms Blackstone Group (BX.N: Cotización)
and First Reserve to buy crude oil refineries in the United
States. [nN27615841]

** Liberty Media Corp's LINTA.O acquisition of News
Corp's NWSa.N stake in DirecTV Group Inc DTV.O received
antitrust approval, a day after U.S. communications regulators
approved the deal. [nN26382486]

** Pharmion Corp PHRM.O said four major proxy advisory
firms endorsed its plan to be bought by Celgene Corp (CELG.O: Cotización)
in a $2.6 billion stock-and-cash deal that was opposed by a
major hedge fund stockholder. [nN26359526]
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